"Rather big government needs to be eliminated. Full stop. And the entrepreneurs in the private sector need to be unleashed."<p>When the entrepreneurs in the private sector choose not to tackle problems that aren't "sexy" or "novel" or "profitable," what then? When those capable businesses choose not to serve a particular segment of the population because those folks are "difficult" or "expensive" or "not sufficiently numerous," what then? The problem is that in a government bound[1] by equal protection, it must, in all reality, be at least equally available to all people. Skipping this step is a luxury afforded to private enterprise.<p>I can understand why no one wants to be a federal government employee these days. They are constantly demeaned as being leeches on society, as being incompetent, and used as political footballs. It's no wonder that government, at any level, can't attract talent. This is a bad thing, in my opinion, as it prevents the efficient functioning of a system that does have a role in a country of 300+ million people. The exact contours of that role have been in debate for approximately the last 230 years or so, but the essential question of whether or not a government should exist has rarely been in doubt. Instead of drowning it in a bathtub, how about making our government be worth a damn?<p>1 - Carping about whether or not the U.S. government adheres to the Constitution can be inserted here.